Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/22/2009 | 78000 | 1 | |
| I experienced dual air bag failure in my 2003 pontiac grand prix in january 2009. i was driving about 45 miles an hour and hit a tree head on. the impact was hard enough that the car bounced off the tree and spun around in the road. the insurance company totaled out the car after determining that the cost to repair it would be well over $6000. all the damage was done to the front passenger side of the car and the engine. luckily, i was wearing my seatbelt which saved me from being seriously injured. i am not looking for compensation but i do want someone aware that the 'safety measures' the manufacturer installed are not reliable. had i been fatally injured, i am sure that my family would have sued for the manufacturer's negligence. unfortunately, until the airbags are needed, you won't know they are faulty. *tr | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 04/08/2010 | 139088 | ||
| It was raining outside and i was driving at normal speed when two cars in front of me the man started to go through a yellow iight and instead immediately stopped. i could not hit my brakes hard enough to prevent hitting the caravan in front of me and the impact was hard enough that it should have deployed my front air bags, which it did not. in addition, i had my seat belt on and it loosened and my head hit the roof of the car causing my head to have a cut and start bleeding and my left side after going to the er and having x-rays, was found to have severe tissue bruising from the impact from the seat belt and my air bags not deploying. i need a front end cap to get my car fixed and being on disability with two children, am on a fixed income and i feel that pontiac should have to pay for my parts and labor so i can continue to drive my vehicle. | |||